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Southpaw (2015)
276K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, China, Hong Kong
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Billy "The Great" Hope, the reigning junior middleweight boxing champion, has an impressive career, a loving wife and daughter, and a lavish lifestyle. However, when tragedy strikes, Billy hits rock bottom, losing his family, his house and his manager. He soon finds an unlikely savior in Tick Willis, a former fighter who trains the city's toughest amateur boxers. With his future on the line, Hope fights to reclaim the trust of those he loves the most.
Style:
touching, serious, sentimental, inspirational, dramatic, rough, intense, exciting, suspense, emotional ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
boxing, boxer, death of wife, father daughter relationship, athlete's life, tragedy, contests and competitions, down on your luck, grief, parenthood, fight, boxing training, family relations, rise and fall, violent, comeback, vengeance, rage, depression, justice, single father, redemption, transformation, rags to riches, motivation ...
Time:
year 2015, year 2014, 2010s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
pittsburgh, usa, new york, las vegas, manhattan new york city, madison square garden manhattan new york city
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Most similar movies to Southpaw
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, exciting and rough films with plots about rivalry, fight, ambition, boxing, contests and competitions, boxer and martial arts mostly in Drama, Sport and Action genres. Some movies like Southpaw: Creed (2015), Warrior (2011), Rocky Balboa (2006), Unbeatable (2013), Never Back Down (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
331K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
The former World Heavyweight Champion Rocky Balboa serves as a trainer and mentor to Adonis Johnson, the son of his late friend and former rival Apollo Creed.
Style:
inspirational, emotional, reflective, brutal, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, teens, family outing, adult
Plot:
boxing, underdog, boxer, training, fight, mentor, athlete and trainer, coach, legacy, boxing match, gym, sex scene ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, year 1998, year 2016, 90s ...
Place:
philadelphia, tijuana mexico, mexico, pennsylvania, usa ...
Similarity:
93%
526K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
The youngest son of an alcoholic former boxer returns home, where he's trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament - a path that puts the fighter on a collision course with his estranged, older brother, an ex-marine ...
Style:
emotional, tense, inspirational, touching, sentimental ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, manly
Plot:
martial arts, courage, mixed martial arts, fight scenes, boxing, fistfight, estrangement, muscleman, happy ending, father son relationship, athlete and trainer, fight ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
pittsburgh, usa, iraq, atlantic city new jersey, el paso texas ...
Similarity:
93%
242K
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
When he loses a highly publicized virtual boxing match to ex-champ Rocky Balboa, reigning heavyweight titleholder, Mason Dixon retaliates by challenging Rocky to a nationally televised, 10-round exhibition bout. To the surprise of his son and ...
Style:
inspirational, sincere, touching, melancholic, action packed ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, manly, family outing
Plot:
boxing, father son relationship, comeback, boxer, athlete's life, training, fight, life, life philosophy, restaurant owner, loneliness, against the odds ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa, las vegas
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Fai, once a world champion in boxing, escapes to Macau from the loan sharks and unexpectedly encounters Qi, a young chap who is determined to win a boxing match. Fai becomes Qi's mentor and rediscovers his passion to fight not only in the ring ...
Style:
tense, exciting, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, boxing, fight, boxer, training, opponent, contests and competitions, rivalry, boxing match, loan shark, athlete and trainer, fight for supremacy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, china
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Rebellious Jake Tyler is lured into an ultimate underground fight Scene at his new high school, after receiving threats to the safety of his friends and family Jake decides to seek the mentoring of a veteran fighter who trains him for one final ...
Style:
serious, exciting, teen, entertaining, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
martial arts, high school, youth, athlete and trainer, underground fighting, duel, teenager, fight, boxing, revenge, streetfighting, rivalry ...
Time:
2000s, year 2008, 80s, 21st century
Place:
florida, usa, orlando florida, brazil, tokyo
Similarity:
91%
407K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
When Jake LaMotta steps into a boxing ring and obliterates his opponent, he's a prizefighter. But when he treats his family and friends the same way, he's a ticking time bomb, ready to go off at any moment. Though LaMotta wants his ...
Style:
bloody, breathtaking, depressing, harsh, cerebral ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
boxing, character study, redemption, rise and fall, boxer, violent, bad temper, brutality, mafia, jealousy, dysfunctional family, rage ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, 1940s, year 1980, 60s ...
Place:
new york, bronx new york city, chicago, italy, florida ...
Similarity:
100%
106K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
After dominating the boxing world, Adonis Creed has been thriving in both his career and family life. When a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy, Damien Anderson, resurfaces after serving a long sentence in prison, he is eager to prove that ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, intense, interesting
Plot:
boxing, boxer, orphan, boxing match, boxing champion, professional sports, champion, boxing training, title bout, boxing trainer, male protagonist, world champion ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 2020s
Place:
philadelphia, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
406K
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
The Fighter, is a drama about boxer "Irish" Micky Ward's unlikely road to the world light welterweight title. His Rocky-like rise was shepherded by half-brother Dicky, a boxer-turned-trainer who rebounded in life after nearly being ...
Style:
inspirational, realistic, sincere, serious, stylized ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
boxing, boxer, addiction, underdog, biopic, athlete's life, drug abuse, drug addiction, change of luck, white trash, fight, working class ...
Time:
year 2010, 20th century, 2000s, 90s, 80s ...
Place:
boston, massachusetts, america, new jersey, usa ...
Similarity:
83%
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Despondent over a painful estrangement from his daughter, trainer Frankie Dunn isn't prepared for boxer Maggie Fitzgerald to enter his life. But Maggie's determined to go pro and to convince Dunn and his cohort to help her.
Style:
emotional, depressing, touching, sad, bad ending ...
Audience:
girls' night, kids, family friendly, adult
Plot:
boxing, underdog, female boxer, female protagonist, determination, mentor protege relationship, athlete's life, female athlete, boxing trainer, strong female character, euthanasia, athlete and trainer ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, europe, london, las vegas ...
Similarity:
86%
168K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Follows Adonis Creed's life inside and outside of the ring as he deals with new found fame, issues with his family, and his continuing quest to become a champion.
Style:
inspirational, captivating, uplifting, motivational, melancholic ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
boxing, african american, boxer, boxing match, revenge, baby, fight, desert, champion, mentor, profanity, martial arts ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
ukraine, philadelphia, kiev ukraine, new york, los angeles ...
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Action, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A washed-up trainer takes a self-destructive young boxer under his wing.
Style:
realistic, captivating, tense, exciting, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
boxing, boxer, contests and competitions, rivalry, immigrant, family problems, ambition, father son relationship, racism, athlete and trainer, training, chess ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
100%
12K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A story of two teenagers trapped in the world of illegal underground boxing. One is fighting to save his fathers life and using the money pay off gambling debts accumulated by his father. The second is fighting for the money to get out of the ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, harsh, hood ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
boxing, friendship, underdog, contests and competitions, hopes, athlete and trainer, urban ghetto life, against the odds, human spirit, bare chested male, unlikely friendships, boxer ...
Time:
90s, year 1992
Place:
chicago, cuba, british columbia, usa, california
Similarity:
100%
243K
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After iron man Drago, a highly intimidating 6-foot-5, 261-pound Soviet athlete, kills Apollo Creed in an exhibition match, Rocky comes to the heart of Russia for 15 pile-driving boxing rounds of revenge.
Style:
inspirational, saga, tense, suspenseful, action packed ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, boys' night, manly
Plot:
boxing, boxer, revenge, training, underdog, cold war, christmas, brutality, vengeance, boxing match, fight, mercilessness ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1985
Place:
philadelphia, soviet union, las vegas, moscow russia, pennsylvania ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
The true story of boxer, Jim Braddock who, in the 1920’s after his retirement, has a surprise comeback in order to get him and his family out of a socially poor state.
Style:
touching, inspirational, sentimental, motivational, uplifting ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, manly
Plot:
boxing, underdog, human spirit, great depression, boxer, biopic, athlete's life, roman empire, poverty, fight scenes, depression, protective male ...
Time:
1930s, year 2005, 2000s, year 2006, 1920s ...
Place:
netherlands, usa, new jersey, new york, madison square garden manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
100%
35K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Small-town boy Shawn MacArthur has come to New York City with nothing. Barely earning a living selling counterfeit goods on the streets, his luck changes when scam artist Harvey Boarden sees that he has a natural talent for streetfighting. When ...
Style:
intense, suspense, atmospheric, stylized, harsh ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
street fighter, boxing, martial arts, streetfighting, underground fighting, brutality, boxer, battles, athlete and trainer, mixed martial arts, kickboxer, rags to riches ...
Time:
year 2009, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, alabama, bronx new york city ...
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Germany, Japan
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Monroe Hutchens is the heavyweight champion of Sweetwater, a maximum security prison. He was convicted to a life sentence due to a passionate crime. Iceman Chambers is the heavyweight champion, who lost his title due to a rape conviction to ten ...
Style:
suspense, talky, intense, stylized, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
prison, violence, fight, boxing, prisoner, african american, prison fight, hip hop, mafia, tough guy, martial arts, gangster ...
Time:
year 2002, 21st century
Place:
usa, mojave desert, las vegas, nevada, california ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A boxer suffers a serious head injury during a fight, and must deal with the consequences.
Style:
sentimental, inspirational, rough, exciting, art house ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
boxing, athlete's life, rise and fall, rivalry, transformation, courage, ambition, rage, violence, boxer, medicine, memory loss ...
Place:
usa, england, united kingdom, britain
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Two men meet in the ring for a fight that will change their lives.
Style:
realistic, serious, disturbing, suspense, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
boxing, athlete's life, contests and competitions, rivalry, brutality, blood, boxer, competition, fight, martial arts, violent content, profanity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ireland, usa
Similarity:
50%
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12K
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A chronicle of the life of Indian boxer 'Mary Kom' who went through several hardships before audaciously accomplishing her ultimate dream.
Style:
realistic, exciting, captivating, serious, inspirational ...
Plot:
female boxer, boxing, hopes, biopic, training, contests and competitions, women, ambition, rivalry, athlete's life, boxer, follow your dream ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, india
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A disgruntled teenager, sent to do community service at a rundown Karate school, enters an MMA tournament to face the man who killed his parents.
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mixed martial arts, martial arts, athlete and trainer, contests and competitions, rivalry, vengeance, youth, young heroes, fight, college, violent content, sexual content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The inspirational story of World Champion Boxer Vinny Pazienza, who after a near fatal car crash, which left him not knowing if he'd ever walk again, made one of sports most incredible comebacks.
Style:
realistic, rough, exciting, serious, inspirational ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
boxing, underdog, comeback, boxer, passion, hopes, training, car accident, car rollover, rivalry, adaptation, fight ...
Time:
year 1988
Place:
rhode island, boston, new york, las vegas
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Abner is trapped in the rough life of Mexico City. His escape? Boxing. Dr. Frank Irwin (Martin Sheen) and his son Jimmy, a pro boxer, come together to teach Abner that the heart fuels the punches we throw in life.
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, sincere, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
boxing, jail, rise to the top, athlete's life, ambition, parents and children, once promising, lifestyle, hopes, rivalry, athlete and trainer, family problems ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico, latin america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The eldest son of a ruthlessly tough MMA champion must fight his way out of the abusive cycle his father has continued.
Style:
suspense, realistic, brutal, inspirational, intense ...
Plot:
father son relationship, fight, athlete's life, male camaraderie, rivalry, ambition, fight scenes, character study, contests and competitions, legacy, gymnasium, mentor ...
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Following a fighting accident, Dalton Hunt retired from the world of MMA at the top. Unable to outrun his guilt, he lost his family, his title, and his way. But when a crooked promoter lures him back into a fight against the current undefeated ...
Style:
exciting, serious, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mixed martial arts, homoeroticism, martial arts, forced into action, rivalry, contests and competitions, athlete's life, ambition, athlete and trainer, fight, muscleman, underground fighting ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
After a blood- soaked jujitsu match in Dubai, fighting legend Mickey Kelley falls to superstar Blaine. But years later, an online video proves that Blaine cheated, and the world demands a rematch. Can the aging underdog get back into shape in time ...
Style:
tense, captivating, inspirational
Plot:
jujitsu, martial arts, fight, professional sports, contests and competitions, combat, life is a bitch, rivalry, athlete's life, battles, boxing champion, professional rivalry ...
Time:
90s, 2000s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A small, turbulent town in Texas obsesses over their high school football team to an unhealthy degree. When the star tailback, Boobie Miles, is seriously injured during the first game of the season, all hope is lost, and the town's dormant ...
Style:
inspirational, sincere, intense, serious, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night
Plot:
football, high school, american football, cheerleader, sport team, high school football, underdog, championship, youth, athlete's life, small town, football team ...
Time:
80s, year 2004, 20th century, year 1988
Place:
texas, usa, houston texas, midwest, austin texas ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: Russia
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Artem Kolchin was one of many, but he wanted glory. And he has chosen the way: he became the boxer. Now Artem the applicant for a champion title, fighter, known worldwide as Great White Hope. But the main fight in his life has not gone how he ...
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
boxer, boxing, love affair, athlete's life, blindness, contests and competitions, ambition, rivalry, love and romance, chase, relationships, fighting crime ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
russia
Similarity:
100%
21K
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
A raw family drama set against the world of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) in Venice, California. Alvey Kulina owns Navy St. MMA with the help of his girlfriend Lisa Prince. He is willing to go through extraordinary means to make sure his fighters are ...
Style:
serious, erotic, realistic, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
athlete's life, gym, father son relationship, brother brother relationship, mixed martial arts, drug addiction, martial arts, closeted homosexual, gay, sibling relationship, competition, family problems ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, south america, california, los angeles, venice california
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A former NCAA champion wrestler is paroled after 10 years in prison. Now, to save a friend's life, in a series of cage fights he must agree to do the impossible - lose.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mixed martial arts, fight, martial arts, ambition, rivalry, contests and competitions, prisoner, prison, murder, manslaughter, student athlete, underground fighting ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, louisiana
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When a boxer is killed because he wouldn't take a dive, his brother tries to find a way to avenge him even if only symbolically.
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, exciting, sincere
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
boxing, boxer, fight, martial arts, ambition, conflict, hopes, vengeance, contests and competitions, rivalry, lifestyle, athlete's life ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
23%
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